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Thursday, April 26, 2012

A to Z Challenge: My Favorite Storytellers-- W

W tried to force me to decide which of two amazing women I better liked and respected. I decided to best W, not decide, and feature them both!

Sherley Anne Williams

In many, many ways, Sherley Anne Williams is an astoundingly important writer to our time. Born in 1944 in California, she grew up in a family that picked cotton to survive. Fully orphaned at 16, she still went on to gradaute from college, get a Master's degree, and become a professor at the University of California. Mostly known for her poetry, my love for her was born of her incredible novel Dessa Rose. The book takes two actually events and women notorious (for very different reasons) during slavery and posits what would have happened if they met. The result is brilliant and lyrical and one of those books that just stays with you once you've read it.

Jeannette Winterson

If you've been here a while, you know that I tend to gravitate towards very lyrical writing-- Gabriel Garcia Marquez, David Guterson, and James Joyce to name a few examples of writers that move me. I think in time, Winterston will be lauded at the same level as these men. Her novel The Passion is both evocative and skillfull. There are moments in this book where simple turns of phrase will surprise you and leave you aghast.
Any lyrical "W's" out there I am missing?

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Shauna Kelley is a maven of moonlighting, spending her time part-timing as a writer, teacher, baker, crocheter, gardener, and reader. Her favorite full-time gig is being mom to one amazing little boy.
She lives near Baltimore with her husband, kiddo, and extremely hyper dog.

Awards

ForeWord Reviews is pleased to announce the 2010 Book of the Year Awards list of finalists. Representing more than 350 publishers, the finalists were selected from 1400 entries in 56 categories. These books are examples of independent publishing at its finest. Lucky Press, LLC is an independent book publisher based in Athens, Ohio, and has three titles announced as finalists.

Max and Menna by Shauna Kelley (of Baltimore, Maryland) is a finalist in the Young Adult Fiction category. It is the story of three teenagers who survive poverty and prejudice in the South in the 1980s.